Members of the Leavenworth Rotary Club and the Lansing Lions Club recently partnered to collect over-the-counter medicines at Dillons for Saint Vincent Clinic. Venture Crew 2165 assisted in the collection as well. Since 2013, the Lansing Lions and Leavenworth Rotarians have collected over $48,000 in supplies and over $9,000 in cash during the semi-annual drive for the clinic. Photography by Tamara Sevcik
Janice Patterson is pictured with her first-place ribbon in the hat contest at the recent CASA Nite at the Races event. She hand-created her Kentucky Derby hat and won first in the Ladies Division. Tina Farr
Alvin August Bauss was born on July 22, 1892, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Alvin and Caroline P. Bauss.
Ahead of the NASCAR race at Kansas Speedway this weekend, Ally and NASCAR’s Alex Bowman will be donating $4,800 to the Leavenworth County Humane Society in Lansing. The donation is part of an initiative by Ally and Alex, driver of the Ally sponsored No.
Leavenworth County Republican Women will hold their monthly luncheon program Monday at the Heritage Center, 109 Delaware St. in downtown Leavenworth.
White azalea, about 15 years old, are shown in the garden of Rod and Kathy Huskey. Kathy Huskey .
A good crop of sour cherries is expected in Matt Nowak’s garden this year. Matt Nowak .
For over 50 years, the Leavenworth Garden and Civic Club has been giving trees and shrubs to middle school students to celebrate Arbor Day. This year the club invited members of the Leavenworth County Master Gardeners and other friends to help package 525 plants for all the seventh-graders at Warren Middle School, Lansing Middle School, Xavier Catholic School and St Paul Lutheran School. For more information about the club, contact Margaret McNamee at 913-991-7660. Margaret McNamee
The Leavenworth Garden and Civic Club acknowledges the service of one member each year in April. This year the Golden Trowel Award was presented to Anita Pawlush, who has helped with watering the indoor plants at the Leavenworth Public Library and finding homes for and transporting the plants that were distributed from the library. She is a crafter, cook and baker and has generously shared her talents with the club. Margaret McNamee
Family members of John Hendrickson fill in dirt around a newly planted tree Friday at David Brewer Park. The tree was planted in memory of Hendrickson, who died last year. He served as Leavenworth’s parks superintendent in the 1990s and is credited with starting the city’s Legacy Tree Program. The planting of the tree was part of the city’s annual Arbor Day celebration. Photos by John Richmeier